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[G Tablet General] roebeet:
I would not recommend clockworkmod for flashing ROMs, unless the dev / modder specifically states it's required.

Example: TNT Lite 4.3.0 is a 1.1.-based ROM that is "close to stock". Because of that, standard recovery is recommended if you are coming from stock, because you probably won't boot loop. But, if you do, you can add clockworkmod after-the-fact via a microSD and I have instructions on how to do that in my TNTL first post.

For gADAM, you will almost certainly boot loop so I ask that clockworkmod be used that one time, to get it installed. That's because I know boot loops will occur and data wipes are required. But, you can add standard recovery back later.

The problem here is that we don't have a 1.1-based recovery solution that does BOTH user data wipes AND bootloader updates. The Notion Ink Adam, for example, has a standard recovery that does. And Viewsonic's UAT 3991 (the non-released firmware) also does. So, eventually, this will be a non-issue I believe. But right now, it's tricky.

As I mentioned in other posts, TNT Lite 4.3.0 and gADAM 1.3.0 have something called the "3588 Recovery Pack" -- two scripts that allow a user to easily flip back and forth between 3588 standard recovery and clockworkmod. I even have a standalone version that should work with any 1.1-based rooted ROM.

I personally still use clockworkmod for anything non-firmware flash related (like the nandroid backups and data wipes), but flip back to standard recovery if I plan to flash to another firmware, because of the bootloader flashing support.
[G Tablet General] djincnj:
roebeet - I know you've recieved countless kudos from the members here but I'd like to thank you myself for all of your efforts, I've only been on here a few days and I already see the impact of your contributions.

I'm guessing I will keep the stock ROM for awhile but as I said in a previous post I'm sure all your and all the other developers hard work contributed to a better more stable stock release.

DJ
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Roebeet,

When you say "flip" between std recovery and CWM, do you mean you replace what's in the recovery partition? Are those scripts using nvflash? Or something else?

Jim
[G Tablet General] roebeet:
They are using a tool called "flash_image" - this is a binary found on other Android devices. I had a version on TNT Lite, but it really never worked very well, but I manged to fix it and wrote two shell scripts that flash the recovery partition while the GTAB is running. It actually works and I've been using it for the last week or so.

So, for example, the "fixrecovery.sh" script runs this:

/system/bin/flash_image recovery /system/etc/recovery/recovery.img

Where "recovery.img" is the 3588 stock recovery. I also have a script that will flash clockworkmod .8, if needed.

Full details: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1005080
[G Tablet General] Enectic:
New wooter here. Just want to say thanks to all the devs for the hard work and continued support! Lots of good information being posted and it all has been extremely helpful. Still waiting for my G-Tablet but I plan to play around with the stock ROM for a little while before I dive into any kind of modding. Thanks again!
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Hi,

Ahh! That makes sense. I think I remember seeing a flash_image binary when I adb shelled into the gtab when CWM was running, probably because CWM itself uses it to flash partitions.

That may be why CWM doesn't have that option, I.e., it'd have to overwrite itself, since it itself is in the recovery partition...

Jim
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bertrum:
Hello again. When I receive an incoming call I get a strange problem.

I either get no ringtone no vibrate, vibrate only, or about half a second of my ringtone before it stops.

Very rarely does the phone ring normally.

Phone is set to Max volume and I get notification sounds.

I've tried searching and only found problems relating to HTC.

Any ideas?

Thanks
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bertrum:
Finally fixed it. Turned out its the call blocker part of an app I had. NetQin Manager. I uninstalled that and now it works perfectly. Got to love this site.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xateeq:
Hi Every one,

I need an application from Xperia X10 => Menu => PlayNow => prayer application.

i was using this application on my xperia X10 from long long time but not i have sold my Xperia X10 and got Motorola Atrix so i need that prayer timing application.

If any one can link me to that application, or tell me the exact name of that application or even better send me the APK of that application ill be very thank full to him/her.

Regards,

xateeq
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmaximax:
Is there not one on the Android market suitable?!

Other than that can the PLAYNOW app be installed on other android devices?!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xateeq:
There are many but i like that one the most.

http://www.filecrop.com/XPERIA-X10-APK.html

link to all system apk of xperia x10

will download playnow and let u know k is it working or not.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xateeq:
Nop not working :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xateeq:
Thanks every one. Problem solved :D
[LG Optimus 2x] Cash3184:
Hi Guys, my LG 2x is continuos rebooted cause from a install a Samsung Galaxy SII Battery Icon Mod on the dockbar!!!

Now the LG 2x is continuous loop rebooted

HELP ME!!!!
[LG Optimus 2x] mrBira:
Do you have Pauls recovery installed?

If not, check the thread for the nvflash rom?

This one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1007825

If nothing else helps...
[LG Optimus 2x] Cash3184:
no i don't have a paul recovery.... now i download the nvflash rom
[LG Optimus 2x] mrBira:
Never modify anything again without a working recovery and a fresh nandroid backup. :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Cash3184:
How to insert in the box "Your Answer" for download the NVflash stock v10b???

Please upload this file on the rapidshare or megaupload

Edit:

Sorry but i used firefox and its not compatible with the capcha!! using chrome to resolve this problem
[LG Optimus 2x] LordGabriel:
Odd. The captcha worked just fine for me. And i'm using Firefox, always have, always will.
[LG Optimus 2x] Cash3184:
When i "Turn device off, remove battery, plug device in while holding volume up and down - screen will stay black but Windows will add a new 'APX' devices"

nothing happens i turn off the device, plug device into usb (PC) and micro usb (lg) and holding volume up and down and power but not install the device driver!!! help me
[LG Optimus 2x] Cash3184:
Risolto TNX to all
[LG Optimus 2x] lyna:
I have a similar problem, but I would liked to know if is there a way to backup my internal sd data before change the rom ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deeco7:
Hi.

Could someone repack the lastest Android Market app as an update.zip and possibly the blue and black version as I accidently deleted it via TB.

Thanks
[Defy General] yonef:
Is there any way I go back to original 2.1 ? I made mistake to update my defy to 2.1-update1 and now I have tons of isues - battery drain overnight, 3G stucking some time, calls failing ...

I want to reset it to the state I bought it, how to do that?

I'm on t-mobile UK
[Defy General] shad0wboss:
Flash a blur 2.1 rom?
[Defy General] diggedy:
im not sure you can go back as your now on 2.51 and my take on it is its not downgradeable.

but have you tried a factory reset (this wont downgrade it, only revert the update to factory settings)? maybe something went wrong with the update or something you have installed didnt like the update.

the version you have is whats installed on most now and I had no battery drain with it
[Defy General] floydz:
oh t-mobile UK, u could try one of the stock roms from:

and-developers.com/sbf:defy
[Defy General] yonef:
well, I reseted it several times already and every time I reset it I get one of these problems :(

I'm pretty lame with this. I attempt to root my phone twice with different methods, but it didn't work.

Do I need to root it first so I can reflash it ?

Do I need to flash t-mobile rom ? (my phone is sim locked to t-mobile)

Is there any chance I screw it up?
[Nook Color General] vertigomhs:
so this is how it goes... i bought a brand new nook color from craigslist, shrink wrapped and everything... no receipt of course.

ive been using it for a few days now, and ive found a few flaws that are starting to irritate me. Audio is just horrible through the jack, sounds hollow and nothing like my iphone or any other device ive used... casing is loose including bezel and the back, and theres some backlight bleeding.

So my question is how do i go about exchanging this via warranty? i dont think i can just go to the store and exchange it since i have no receipt, or can i?
[Nook Color General] ax0r:
They will not exchange it in store. Call 1-800-the-book and speak to nc. Customer service. Tell them you bought it in a store and explain all the issues and request an advanced replacement. They will ship you out a new unit and issue a box and return label for your current unit.

Btw what are the first four digits on your serial located on the nook flap?

Good luck.
[Nook Color General] vertigomhs:
sounds good, thanks

umm, the first 4 digits are "2010" .. im assuming that its not from a B&N store...right?
[Nook Color General] ax0r:
It is... I bought a 2010 I exchanged 3 2010's at the store because of the same problems... I think it was a bad run of units.

Now my current unit is a 2011 and it has no problems at all
[Nook Color General] vertigomhs:
basing it on google results, it seems 2010s were pretty bad.

hopefully i get a 2011 on my first exchange

thanks for your help!
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
Well... I had a 2009 my first nook, and it was great, but I had to get rid of it for a small amount of time due to financial reasons.

Then I bought a new one (2010), and the power button was uber sensitive, and just grazing by it would turn it off. Finally it got to the point that it would just turn off... Meaning no custom roms, as it would continually brick me, by turning itself off in CWR while it was flashing or formatting.

So I called B&N's, and had to deal with 2 representatives that both just wanted to get me off the phone and did not want to send me out a new one... Finally I got the last one too. I received a 2010 again, however I think this one was made much later, as it's heavier and very sturdy... The first 2010 felt like a feather in comparison o.o...

So not all 2010's are bad... But it could just be that B&N's cleaned up their act with the ones they had sitting in their warehouse.
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
I don't think there have been significant hardware changes that would change the weight. I think you are imagining the weight difference.

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color General] phantom9000:
if the first four on my nook say 2005 does that mean my nook was manufactured on 2005 ?
[Nook Color General] ax0r:
You are wrong. My 2011 NC is heavier than the 2010 I exchanged. The manager and I actually compared it in the store.
[Nook Color General] ax0r:
No dude that would make your nook older than the g1... lol it just is the production run.
[Nook Color General] lafester:
my 2010 is fine.
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
I don't believe it!. Show me the two on scales or at least weigh yours & we may be able to get others to weigh theirs. I'm going to weigh mine now.

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color General] ax0r:
Haha when I get access to a scale I will make sure to weigh it for you
[Nook Color General] vertigomhs:
just called in, and i got an advanced replacement without asking for it, im assuming thats standard policy.

understanding the tech support lady was hell though, i felt bad asking her to repeat herself haha.

thanks
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
OK, I am glad you have a sense of humor about this. I am really curious.

BTW my 2004 weighs is at 15.6 Oz ( 443 g).

I didn't take the micro SD out, but it's only a 4 GB card & I don't have much loaded on it, so it shouldn't weigh much.:p

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color General] Slack3r:
I'm gonna call them in the morning, I have at least 5 bright green pixels and I have a bright spot on my display. 2010 model here. I will make sure to weigh mine :p

Update: They're sending an advanced replacement (needed my credit card info, but that's standard) which will hopefully be a 2011 model. I also asked about the upcoming device update, the rep said that everyone who has a nook color should get an email in a couple of days with instructions on how to update their device.
[Nook Color General] vertigomhs:
i got an email about my replacement with the serial number of the new one, it starts with 2011 :D

shipped out today too
[Nook Color General] antacid aaron:
Thanks

thanks for the info. was dreading calling about my 3 bad pixals and the bright spot that seems to be growing. they are sending out an exchange no problem for my 2010...... but the serial in the email is another 2010. Does anyone know if these are refurbished models?
[Nook Color General] mmone3:
I also have 2010 with a bright spot too, going to try calling them later to see if I can get a replacement too. Got mine on craigslist and now all I need to do is figure out how to put my rooted color nook back to stock.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elrey75:
Impatient EB13, tried to ODIN DI18... pulled the plug after 5 minutes of no progress. Got a "smart phone ! CPU" image and decided to ODIN the pre rooted EC5... I've been waiting for 30 minutes now. What should I do?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEALMOST:
if you have used odin before then just start over and do it till it works and i suggest you stick to EB13 for now
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slovak65:
Pull the battery, try a different USB port, and/or cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watermoore:
Stock cable sucks for data transfer. Really only good for charging. Same with USB ports on the front of your computer. Its really better to use a different cable plugged in to a port in the back of your computer.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Of course we assume you are in download mode and a com port shows up in Odin.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Top Nurse:
When I first got my Epic I saw so many posts like this that I went down and got a BB cable. Since then I use the stock cable to ODIN all the time. I think using a back mounted port is much more important than blowing $ on a cable.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elrey75:
Yeah, I followed all directions and downloaded the necessary files. Tried all recommendations but once I saw the "phone ! Cpu" I couldn't get it past image.xxx in odin. Took it in to a sprint service center and they had no remedy so they gave me a new one, not refurbished. And wouldn't you know it... EB13... How? Why? I have no idea. Thanks for the help, I'm staying put.

Sent from my original EPICS' step brother...
[Galaxy Tab General] DarkPal:
Well with all the hype going on about custom (and sometimes stock) firmwares. I thought I would start a discussion and Perhaps a poll to see if you are using stock or custom ROMs.

As for my 2 cents: Samsung makes great hardware (at least to my experience) but sinks it down to sleep with the fishies with poor software support including bad very bad software suites (like Kies or Media studio the latter which installed a nasty rootkit on my laptop believe it or not for DRM), prematurely axing support to its newly launched devices (I remember hacking my samsung MP3 with korean firmware as I was really angry at samsung for axing the device 2 months after its release whats up with that :eek::eek:).

So what about you: Do u use custom ROMs or stick to late to almost never released stock ROMs?
[Galaxy Tab General] soremir:
Stock rom.

It does what I want. Internet-games-programs. It is fast and good.

I do not see a reason to go with a custom rom.
[Galaxy Tab General] {Diemex}:
I use modaco. because its sooooo fast.
[Galaxy Tab General] GANJDROID:
Overcome. Hands down the best rom/kernel IMHO.
[Galaxy Tab General] psklenar:
okay ... dumb question ... i've just ordered a Tab from T-Mobile, should have it Monday or Tuesday, so ... just what is a custom ROM/Kernal going to do for me?

Thanks,

pat----
[Galaxy Tab General] D600abc:
Im sticking with stock atm...

As posted above, it does what i want.
[Galaxy Tab General] pawces:
Im on Overcome 1.3, undervolted, not overclocked

what it does for you is it removes bloatware, includes fixes to known bugs that samsung has not addressed with a proper firmware update, allows for overclocking and undervolting if you're into that, formats the file system to EXT4 making IO faster, installs a full backup and restore facility from recovery, and provides better battery life*

quadrant score from original firmware: 1000-1200

quadrant score from Overcome 1.3 no overclock: 1690

so yeah, custom IS better than stock until samsung gets all these tweaks into their official ROMs.

(*I don't know how it does that, but it does :p)
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
It should be said that in reality the split isn't just between stock and custom, but stock, "unreleased', and custom.

Most of the custom ROMs you can find here are based on Samsung's own unreleased test/dev builds (e.g. MoDaCo is based on JMI, Overcome is based on JMK). Even in their "raw" form, these unreleased ROMs are far better than those that actually ship on the device (BEWARE LOCKED BOOTLOADERS IF YOU ARE THINKING OF FLASHING ONE!!!).

If you take say Rotohammers build, it is stock JMI (JMK now?), without the locked bootloaders and pre-rooted. MoDaCo and Overcome go quite a bit further as they have completely rebuilt kernels and are tweaked for speed. Then you have Technomancers Gingerbread ROM, which is completely custom and based on CM7 rather than an existing Samsung build.

In my opinion, staying on a shipping Tab ROM means you are not getting as much out of your device as you could. Even the Samsung unreleased dev builds are way better than the shipping ROMs, so I don't know why Samsung haven't actually formally released them.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] zjustin:
I user overcome 1.4.4

Its much faster than the stock rom and seems to use less battery power in my particular use case.
[Galaxy Tab General] Phone_Junkie:
Custom, as indicated in my signature. I have a T-Mobile Tab and in stock form, it was extremely slow. It sucked.
[Galaxy Tab General] fernandoper:
chicken roms is better ever
[Galaxy Tab General] Lucky_Charms:
For those who say stock is fine i say you have no idea what you are missing. Try both, then make a decision. Custom all the way baby!

T-Mobile tab running latest Overcome
[Galaxy Tab General] ordio:
As a bell mobility tab user, i used the stock one (jj3) i think for about a month.

After that i decided to go with roto jme then jmg and after that went to modaco.

Was on modaco for about the last 3 months and i have decided to flash overcome.

There is a significant speed difference between modaco and overcome. I noticed lag in angry birds seasons with modaco but with overcome, barely any.

I am happy with flashing a custom Rom and would never go back to stock.

If only i could get a copy of the stock Rom just in case of any issues.

Hope that helps.
[Galaxy Tab General] biohaz55:
The hardware is superb but it's let down badly by Samsung in not keeping it up to date with firmwares.

Using Custom roms solves this and provides an all round quality tablet so, yeah, custom roms for me.
[Galaxy Tab General] pendevous:
I use a stock rom for now, but once my download for Overcome is done, I'll switch to it.
[Galaxy Tab General] DarkPal:
Read the guides before flashing.
[Galaxy Tab General] Lachezarian:
I had stock. It was excellent, good multi-language support, excellent hardware support.

Tried MoDaCo. Lost most of language support. Hardware support only for the basic stuff.

Replaced with Overcome. Language support even sketchier. Battery performance awful. Hardware support still only basic stuff.

Tried going back to stock. I could not find the stock firmware that was originally available on the device. All «stock» firmwares in the wild had the same issues as the MoDaCo and Overcome. I was shocked and seriously puzzled!

Went to the repair shop and asked them to flash the device with the original.

- Two days later I was told, that they need some special cable to flash the device, and it's going to take a week to get it from Korea(!).

- One week later I was told, that the device needed motherboard replacement.

- One more week later I got the device.

Now my device has Excellent language support, but still fails to report Neighbouring GSM Cells.

Eventually I installed a Winblows in a VM (Bleh!) to try Kies.

To my greatest surprise after eventually connecting Kies says that my device is 'Not Upgradeable'.

So my adventure with custom firmwares is MOST unfortunate.

My ¢2: new users should NOT replace firmware unless they BADLY need something that SUPPOSEDLY a custom firmware would give.
[Galaxy Tab General] enyeng:
Can you please elaborate more what do you mean by "hardware support", what would be the difference between "basic stuff" and "excellent"?

AFAIK, the custom ROMS are based on stock ROM, thus I can't understand there will be any difference over hardware support level.
[Galaxy Tab General] nathanpc:
With custom ROMs you are more free! ;)
[Galaxy Tab General] pendevous:
I did. I ended up installing Rotohammer's instead, though. It works fine. :D
[Galaxy Tab General] e654777:
Using stock rom or leaked official rom. May consider custom rom later when either official or custom 2.3 rom is released. :D
[Galaxy Tab General] purline:
I'm loving that Rotohammer JMI ROM. Battery life is insanely good.
[Galaxy Tab General] robertsydbrink:
I always run the latest Overcome rom as for now.

Much faster then stock and are always stable.
[Galaxy Tab General] BernardOng:
Same here Overcome follower
[Galaxy Tab General] k0sh:
I Use Overcome 1.6.1 :) no stock is suck :D
[Galaxy Tab General] 2token2:
Overcome 1.4.5.
[Galaxy Tab General] TainT:
my 2 cents......bought my tab on its launch (t-mobile) watched and followed rotohammer until he made my headspin with his intelect. still not sure flashing is for me even though I have flashed many an android phone.

Truth is I haven't been around much since the locked boot loader fiasco started but I'm thinking on jumping in now that my nook color is awesome. I always haven't wanted to put this thing up to my ear and walk around saying "can ya hear me NOW" lol

Galaxy Tabs.....Worth every penny!!
[Galaxy Tab General] ravindrank:
Custom ROM - Overcome

After 4months of usage.. swithed to Custom ROM Overcome :) and its really fast..

I think i wasted 4 months..

There are some issues though.. for now Camera is not working... restoring data and resyncing is a bit painful.. But should "Overcome" all these soon :)

More n more Custom ROMs.. Thanks for the community efforts:):D
[Galaxy Tab General] cwaffles:
What advantage does Modaco rom have? Also why is the kitchen restricted?
[Galaxy Tab General] {Diemex}:
I had overcome on my tab since the day I got it.

I had stock only 10 min on the tab, just to try if the tab is actually working.

Since then it has been theeee OVERCOME-experiiiiiieeeence.

sent via galaxy tab overcome 1.4.5 , yeah
[Galaxy Tab General] e654777:
Camera doesn't work?
[Galaxy Tab General] danih:
I used the shipped stock rom for a week. Had no problems, but I wanted more speed. So I dumped the original firmware (so I won't get into bad situations like Lachezarian did), and installed Overcome.

So much better! More speed, my system is snappier, is undervolted, battery life is much longer. Sure I had some problems with locales as well, but nothing I couldn't fix after a few minutes of searching!